LIGHT FALL OF RAIN

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 81, 29 December 1934, Page 13

LIGHT FALL OF RAIN

« Lowering Sky Continues Wellingtonians who did not lift their heads from their pillows last night to rejoice over the sound of thick rain swishing over their roof-tops aud gardens, must have been heavy sleepers, indeed, for it was a sound that had not been heard for some considerable time. The fall, which started shortlj’ before midnight, lasted for about ten minutes only. During the first part of the night the cloud-covered sky of the afternoon had come lower, and after night set in visibility was thick and misty. Later a scattered drizzle fell from the lowering clouds, preliminary to the short burst of rain toward midnight. Although the fall was so brief, a deluge of many hours is needed to relieve the parched gardens and pastures, the rain was welcome because of the fact that it may—perhaps—be the beginning of the muchneeded break in the weather conditions.